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title: «Rocky's nose is all dry and warm, he's sick, call the vet now!!» Is… — How a dog thinks: a world of smells, s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Rocky's nose is all dry and warm, he's sick, call the vet now!!» Is a dry nose alone a sure sign of illness? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 193 «How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

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«Rocky's nose is all dry and warm, he's sick, call the vet now!!» Is a dry nose alone a sure sign of illness?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nose, Rocky · **What happens:** be, call, sign · **To what, where:** vet, dry nose, illness · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 193 «How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Rocky's nose is all dry and warm, he's sick, call the vet now!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t4:1
# text = «Rocky's nose is all dry and warm, he's sick, call the vet now!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Rocky	Rocky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Rocky's nose |  |  |  |  | all, dry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* |  | Rocky's nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Rocky |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **call** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the vet |  |  | now |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vet=Recipient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Is a dry nose alone a sure sign of illness?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t4:2
# text = Is a dry nose alone a sure sign of illness?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a dry nose |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | illness |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, a dog's nose is always dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t4:o1:1
# text = No, a dog's nose is always dry
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a dog's nose |  |  |  |  | always, dry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, a dry nose means he has a high fever and must stay in bed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, a dry nose means he has a high fever and must stay in bed
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a dry nose |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | nose | a high fever |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Patient |
| 3 | **stay** | must | nose *not said here* |  |  | bed |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, it is an old myth; look at how he eats, drinks and acts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t4:o3:1
# text = No, it is an old myth; look at how he eats, drinks and acts
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a old myth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **eat** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, always call the vet at once, a dry nose means trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, always call the vet at once, a dry nose means trouble
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the vet |  |  |  | always *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent vet=Theme at once=Stimulus |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a dry nose | trouble |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Topic |

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